Basics of Banking

A comprehensive e-learning course library comprising 13 courses
on various topics in understanding basics of banking.

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After completion of the course, you will be able to:
  • Understand the financial system
  • Know principles governing banking
  • Understand various functions in banking
  • Understand operational framework for best practices in banking

Target Audience

Those who are interested in understanding the basics of banking.



Course Level and Number of Courses
Intermediate & Advanced. Library of 13 Courses

Instructional Method
Dynamic, Interactive e-learning

Recommended Background
Familiarity with basic financial concepts

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  Library of 13 Courses
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Basics of Banking
Time taken to complete each Course: One - two hours

1. Overview of Financial Markets

  • The meaning of the term 'Financial System'
  • The evolution of the structure and constituents of the Indian Financial System
  • The role of financial system in the country
  • The constituents of financial system
  • The recommendations of Narasimham Committee on the financial system

2. Introduction to Banking

  • Meaning and definitions of Banking/ Bank under different systems
  • Main universal principles of banking
  • Main types/ groups of banks under Indian banking system
  • TTraditional and modern functions of banks
  • Trends in Indian banking

3. Banking Regulation

  • Constitution and objectives of RBI
  • Functions of RBI as the regulator of the Indian banking system
  • Monetary tools of RBI and effect thereof on banks
  • Priority sector advances their composition and rationale
  • Regulations on bank lending

4. Banker - Customer Relationship

  • Definition of 'customer'
  • Different forms of banker-customer relationships
  • Banker's duties
  • Banker's rights
  • Redressal of the customers' grievances and the Banking Ombudsman Scheme
  • Termination of banker-customer relationship
5. Types of Customer and their Accounts
  • The essential generic requirements to be complied with,while opening a deposit account
  • The various types of domestic customers and their special requirements to be complied with, while opening their accounts
  • Non-resident accounts and their special requirements to be complied with

6. Deposit Accounts

  • The importance of deposits for the bank, its customers and the economy
  • Various categories of deposits, types of deposit accounts and their main features
  • Common principles and precautions involved in opening, closing and operating the deposit accounts

7. Negotiable Instruments

  • Negotiable Instruments Meaning, features and kinds of negotiable instruments
  • Other Instruments- Banker's drafts, traveler's cheques
  • Crossing and endorsements
  • Holder / payment in due course

8. Loans and Advances

  • Importance of lending
  • Tenets of lending- safety, profitability, liquidity, and risk diversification
  • Main kinds of fund-based and non-fund based credit facilities
  • Non Performing Assets classification, management and measures to minimize

9. Fee Based Banking Services

  • Varieties of funds remittance/ transfer by demand drafts, mail/ electronic transfer, and collection of bills/ cheques
  • Types of Letters of Credit and guarantees issued by banks
  • Agency services like government business, sale of insurance/Mutual Fund products/ securities
  • Safe custody of valuables and safe deposit lockers

10. Electronic Banking

  • Impact of information and telecommunication technologies on banking
  • Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)
  • Tele-banking
  • Internet Banking
  • Mobile Banking
  • Electronic Funds Transfer
  • Electronic clearing system

11. Basics of AccountingThe accounting concepts and standards

  • The systems and methods of accounting
  • The rules of double entry book-keeping
  • The main kinds of books of accounts
  • The meaning and composition of balance sheet and profit & loss statement

12. Basics of Bank Marketing

  • Functions of Bank Marketing
  • Marketing mix
  • Services Marketing mix

13. KYC Guidelines

  • Initiatives of RBI
  • KYC policy - origin
  • RBI's approach and objectives
  • Guidelines on KYC
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